Kyle Steinike

When you truly understand something, you can express it at any level of detail while maintaining coherence.

The master can provide the one-sentence version, the paragraph version, and the chapter version, all of which tell the same story at different resolutions. The novice can only repeat what they’ve memorized at one resolution.

Who does AI benefit more? Is it the most skilled humans, or those of average ability? The answer depends on the specifics of the task. For AI-assisted call center workers, evidence suggests that AI improves the performance of average workers, but does little to improve the best workers.1 For computer programmers, some data suggests the opposite.

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